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Slimani’s coming back on again – and again

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Controversy: Rabah Slimani, third from left, comes back on as Wales protest

Cast your mind back a few weeks to the famous ‘fifth quarter’ played in the France v Wales Six Nations game.
With the Welsh camped on their own line, there was a succession of 5m scrums, and at one point the French doctor adjudged that the prop, Uini Atonio, needed to be replaced for an HIA, and he was replaced by France’s best scrummager, Rabah Slimani. The problem was that Slimani was a starter, but had been replaced for tactical reasons earlier in the game.
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